Das Jesus Video

Literal: The Jesus video English release: The Hunt for the Hidden Relic

by Martin Ritzenhoff and Sebastian Niemann, directed by Sebastian Niemann

Release: 5 December 2002
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: German

Stephen Vogt, an archaeology student, uncovers a 2000-year-old skeleton and a man’s notes purporting to have taken a video of Jesus Christ on a camera that doesn’t yet exist. The result is a 3-hour. blood-filled, melodramatic chase that, for me, detracted from the more interesting religious questions that the premise might have addressed.

The two-part German TV movie was based on the book Jesus Video by Andreas Eschbach with some significant changes to the ending. It was released in the US with a quality English dubbing in 2006.

— Michael Main

Gentlemen, sleep well tonight. And don’t forget that we are scientists and not science fiction writers.

DEBUT

Das Jesus Video (ProSieben, Germany, 5 December 2002).

VARIANTS

1 German variant

PRIOR WORKS: based on Jesus-Video by Andreas Eschbach (1998)

TAGS: We haven’t yet tagged this work.

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

The two-part film premiered on the German TV station Prosieben, with the first part airing on 5 December 2002. We have no reliable information on when the second part aired.